Philipp Gruissem leads the way with 2,905,000 as Event #9: €25,000 No-Limit High Roller restarts at 2 p.m. Thursday. Gruissem is on top of a stacked field as you might expect from a high roller. It is almost easier to name the players who weren't seen during Day 1 that it would be to name the players who are coming back for Day 2.
A couple final tablists from the 2017 WSOP Main Event are in the field. Antoine Saout (2,030,000) and Benjamin Pollak (1,380,000) are here and have healthy stacks heading into today. Saout actually enters with the seventh largest stack.
One of those players is Chris Ferguson who extended his Player of the Year lead last night by winning Event #7: €1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha Eight or Better for €39,289. Shortly after the final river card fell Ferguson ran over and registered for Event #9. He is likely to be joined by a handful of players registering before Day 2 begins.
The event is scheduled to end today in time for the players to play the €111,111 One Drop. The blinds will start at 15,000/30,000 and players who enter will get the 500,000 starting stack. Below are the top ten stacks entering the day.
Claas Segebrecht raised to 70,000 from the button. Dietrich Fast was in the big blind and three-bet to 265,000. With the action back on Segebrecht he four-bet to 620,000. Fast moved all in and Segebrecht called.
Dietrich Fast:
Claas Segebrecht:
The flop came . The came on the turn as Fast got to his feet, and the river was the and Fast was eliminated.
Mike Leah raised to 125,000 from under the gun and Ole Schemion defended his big blind.
The flop came and Schemion check-called a bet of 125,000. The turn was the and Schemion checked again. Leah bet 250,000. Schemion check-raised all in and Leah called.
Ole Schemion:
Mike Leah:
The river was the and Schemion secured himself a double up.
Phil Hellmuth completed the blind and saw Adrian Mateos set him all in for about 900,000.
"I looked at a king and limped," Hellmuth said after checking his cards. "I thought I was going to look at another king and snap you off."
"Never happen," Mateos said.
"You've won like 40 hands, I've won like six," Hellmuth responded. "You don't think my little range beats your big range?
"You're like Carlos Mortensen. I always beat Carlos. He finally learned to respect me. I think I'll trap you and you'll learn, too."
Hellmuth let his hand go and Mateos showed the .
The next hand, Hellmuth opened from the button for 120,000. Mateos put in 400,000. Hellmuth shoved all in after about a minute of thought and Mateos snap-called with . Hellmuth showed .
The hit the board and Hellmuth moved to exit. The river was a .
Hellmuth expressed his disbelief at how Mateos was running and said it simply wasn't fair.
Claas Segebrecht raised to 125,000 from the cutoff and Liv Boeree three-bet all in for 735,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Segebrecht quickly called.
Claas Segebrecht:
Liv Boeree:
There was a King on the flop and Boeree was drawing very thin. The turn was the and the river the and Boeree was eliminated.
Jan Schwippert raised to 180,000 from middle position and Timothy Adams three-bet all in from the hijack for 1,410,000. Andrew Leathem thought about it in the small blind before folding.
Schwippert called and the cards were turned over.
Jan Schwippert:
Timothy Adams:
The board ran out [ihks7dtd2c] and Schwippert was left with around 200,000 which went in against Nick Petrangelo in the very next hand.
Nick Petrangelo:
Jan Schwippert:
Schwipper picked up a flush draw on the flop. The turn was the and the sealed his elimination, sending him to the rail.
Niall Farrell just won one of the biggest pots of the tournament. Midway through the preflop action, it looked like Philipp Gruissem started the action with a raise to 135,000 and Ognjen Sekularac called from the small blind before Farrell three-bet to 575,000. Gruissem called in position and Sekularac shoved all in for 2,250,000.
Farrell didn't take long to shove over the top, putting Gruissem at risk should he call. Gruissem folded and Farrell showed two jacks, . He was against the of Sekularac.
The board settled things pretty quickly with Farrell flopping a set and Sekularac was drawing dead on the turn. The final board read and Farrell won the hand and jumped over 5,000,000.
"I had already booked my flight back home to Scotland when I saw his hand," Farrell said jokingly.
Earlier in the day, Sekularac caught an ace against Farrell's pocket kings to double through him and Farrell seemed prepared for the same to happen again.
For the second hand in a row Bertrand Grospellier raised all in, this time for 415,000. It folded to Nick Petrangelo in the small blind.
"I'm all in, but I want that Mau5," said Petrangelo, referring to Grospellier's card protector. The big blind folded and the cards were turned over.
Nick Petrangelo:
Bertrand Grospellier:
There was a Jack in the window of a flop. The turn was the and the river the meaning Grospellier was eliminated. The Frenchman left the tournament area, with Petrangelo left Mau5-less.
Adrian Mateos opened for 225,000 on the button and Stefan Schillhabel jammed in the big blind.
"You cover me?" asked Mateos.
Indeed, Schillhabel had over 3 million while Mateos had about 2.7 million. The Spanish crusher called with but was dominated by . The flop was a scary one as Mateos flopped a two-way straight draw, but the and kept the king kicker best.
Bartlomiej Machon raised to 120,000 from the hijack and, for the second hand in-a-row, Jean-Noel Thorel moved all in for 1,790,000. Benjamin Pollak was in the small blind and he just called. The big blind folded and action was back on Machon who moved all-in for 3,300,000 himself and Pollak snap-called.
Bartlomiej Machon:
Jean-Noel Thorel:
Benjamin Pollak:
The flop came giving Pollak top set. The turn was the , and with no players holding a club both Thorel and Machon were drawing dead, and the river was the .
The double elimination brought the number of players remaining to 17, negating the need for hand-for-hand play with all remaining players guaranteed €38,060.
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